Explosion Box

Hi, Everyone!

Is everyone ready for another fantastic challenge at Bee Crafty? For the next two weeks, our challenge is Coloring Fun. Don't we all love to color? :) I had a great making my project and coloring the fun, adorable image from Bee Crafty.

I decided to get out of my comfort zone of card making this time. There is so much you can do with papers and stamping so instead of a card I made this explosion box! I saw this on Cami’s blog a few weeks ago and thought it was AMAZING. I wanted to try to make one at the time but thought it was difficult so I never worked on it. But with a “crude” instruction from Cami (Thanks, Cami!), it wasn’t at all, just time consuming. I love how it came out though!

Since our challenge is Coloring Fun, I am going to show you a little on how I color my images. I am still very new at using Copics so I am not the right person to demonstrate. But here is how I color my images using the limited (very limited) colors I have on hand.

1. I first use the Marvy Memory Blender to go over the area I am going to color. This step kind of “lock” in the area I am going to color. I have tried a few different white cardstocks and find that the colors bleed or spread when I use Copic. But coloring with this colorless blender first prevents that.

2. Next, I use a lighter color from the color group I am going to use to go over the area just once, coloring in one direction only.

3. Then I use a darker shade from the same color group to go around the edges or where the image will be shadowed. This depends on the direction of the lighting you want.

4. I then use another darker shade from the same color group and go over the shadowed side of the image.

5. Finally, I use my original lighter color to blend, in circular motion the entire colored area, making sure the non-shadowed side is not too dark.

6. I repeat steps 2-5 if necessary.

Please hop on over to Bee Crafty and take a look at all the wonderful DTcreations plus lots of tutorials!! You don't want to miss it!

Explosion box with 3x3 note cards

This box is also for the following challenges:
1. Three Clover Thursday Challenge: Tooty Fruity
2. Stamp Something: Paper Pieced
3. Kaboodle Doodle: use a digital image

Box details:
Image/stamp: Bee Crafty, Inkadinkado
Papers:K&Company Bee Sweet stack, Recollection cardstock
Embellishment: ribbon

Thanks so much for stopping by!